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title: Species and Call Types
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Use the following [species abbreviations and call type codes](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xZzh56lA7P4awbz6CNAOciQk8YNNWQG5LJkI5vR3nH0/edit?usp=sharing) for all data analysis and data archive. Full species abbreviation table available [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fg4yzSoncXLiwsya98yoJMd0N49nUXKA/view).
## Species
| Common Name | Scientific Name | SAEL Species | PACM Species |
|------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Baird's Beaked Whale | Berardius bairdii | BB (or Bb1) | BWBB |
| Blue whale | Balaenoptera musculus | Bm | BLWH |
| Bryde's Whale | Balaenoptera brydei | Be | BBWH |
| Cross Seamount beaked whales | NA | BWC | BWC |
| Dall's porpoise | Phocoenoides dalli | Pd | DAPO |
| Dolphins | Delphinidae sp. | Includes Gg, Lo, and UO | UNDO |
| Fin whale | Balaenoptera physalus | Bp | FIWH |
| Gray whale | Eschrichtius robustus | Er | GRWH |
| Goose-beaked whale (Cuvier's) | Ziphius cavirostris | Zc | GOBW |
| Harbor porpoise | Phocoena phocoena | | HAPO |
| Hubb's beaked whale | Mesoplodon carlhubbsi | Mc | BWMC |
| Humpback whale | Megaptera novaeangliae | Mn | HUWH |
| Kogia | Kogia sp. | Ks | UNKO |
| Minke whale | Balaenoptera acutorostrata | Ba | MIWH |
| NBHF - Kogia, Dall's Porpoise, Harbor Porpoise | NA | NBHF | NBHF |
| Orca | Orcinus orca | Oo | OOWH |
| Pacific white-sided dolphin | Lagenorhynchus obliquidens | Lo | PWDO |
| Risso's dolphin | Grampus griseus | Gg | GRAM |
| Sei whale | Balaenoptera borealis | Bb (or B. Borealis) | SEWH |
| Sperm Whale | Physeter macrocephalus | Pm | SPWH |
| Stejneger's beaked whale | Mesoplodon stejnegeri | Ms | BWMS |
| Unidentified beaked whale 43 kHz | NA | BW43 | BW43 |
| Unidentified dolphin | NA | UO | UNDO |
| Unidentified mesoplodon (beaked whale) | Mesoplodon sp. | BW | UNME |
## Call Types
| Species | Call Type Name | SAEL Call Code | PACM Call Code | PACM Call Description | Notes |
|---------|---------|---------|---------|------------------------------|---------|
| Beaked whale | Beaked whale frequency modulated upsweep | | FMUS | Beaked whale foraging clicks | |
| Blue whale | Blue whale A call | A | BLANEP | NE Pacific blue whale A call | |
| Blue whale | Blue whale B call | B | BLBNEP | NE Pacific blue whale B call | |
| Blue whale | Blue whale D call | D | BLDNEP | NE Pacific blue whale D call | |
| Blue whale | Blue whale tonal call | BLTonal | BLTONNEP | NE Pacific blue whale tonal call | |
| Blue whale | Blue whale downsweep call | BLDS | BLDSNEP | NE Pacific blue whale downsweep call | |
| Blue whale | Blue whale mixed call | BLMixed | BLMIXNEP | NE Pacific blue whale mixed calls (A, B, D, tonal, downsweep) | |
| Fin whale | Fin whale 20 Hz pulse | 20Hz | FW20HZ | NE Pacific fin whale 20 Hz pulses | |
| Fin whale | Fin whale 40 Hz downsweep | 40Hz | FW40HZ | NE Pacfic fin whale 40 Hz downsweeps | |
| Gray whale | Gray whale unidentified | Unidentified | GWUND | Unidentified NE Pacific gray whale calls | |
| Humpback whale | Humpback whale unidentified | Unidentified | HWUND | Unidentified NE Pacific humpback whale calls (cannot distinguish social vs song) | |
| Humpback whale | Humpback whale social | Social | HWSOC | Humpback whale social calls only | |
| Humpback whale | Humpback whale song | Song | HWSONG | Humpback whale song only | |
| Minke whale | Minke whale boing | Boing | MWNEPBOING | NE Pacific minke whale boing | |
| NBHF | NBHF | NA | NBHF | All NBHF calls for kogia sp., dall's porpoise, and harbor porpoise | |
| Odontocete | Odontocete impulsive click | Clicks | ODCLICK | Dolphin clicks (either delphinid or blackfish) | |
| Odontocete | Odontocete whistle | Whistles | ODWHIS | Dolphin whistles (either delphinid or blackfish) | |
| Sei whale | Sei whale 30-80Hz downsweep | SWDS | SWDS | Sei whale downsweep spanning 80-30Hz, occurs as single downsweeps or repeated 3-5 seconds apart as doublets, triplets, or more. | |
| Sperm whale | Sperm whale usual click | Clicks | SPUSC | Sperm whale foraging click | |
| Sperm whale | Sperm whale slow click | Slow Clicks | SPSLC | Sperm whale social: slow clicks | |

Working with PACM folks, on Makara submissions guide website include one reference table for all regions that we can then filter through code to only include our region codes on our website

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